19 (I.19.10)
| ID | 757 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Cicero: Ad Atticum |
| Reference | 19 (I.19.10) |
| Reference 2 | n/a |
| Date | 15/3/60 |
| Source | Letter |
| Author | Cicero |
| Addressee | Atticus |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | τίς πατέρ᾽αἰνήσει |
| Latin Context | |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Intra |
| Function Code Switch | Quotation: Proverb/gnomic statement (partial) |
| Flagging | "hic tu cave dicas" |
| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | Cicero imagines how Atticus will warn him against excessive self-praise. |
| Comments | According to Shackleton Bailey, Cicero misapplies this proverb ("It's a sorry child that brags about his father") "to self-praise in general". |